This bar chart describes the private vehicle ownership per million people in China from 1987 to 1999.

According to the bar chart, the vertical axis represents the total number of vehicles owned per million of people while the horizontal axis represents the years ranging from 1987 to 1999. The number of vehicles increased steadily for the beginning the 5 years from 1987 to 1991. Then, it increased rapidly during the last few years from 1991 to 1999.

Starting from 1987, the total number of vehicles ownership was below 1,000 million. It then continued to increase steadily during the 5 years from 1987 to 1991. However, it climbed to over 4,000 vehicles owned per million people quickly from 1991 to 1999.

In conclusion, the total number of vehicle ownership per million was over 4,000 million in 1999. It was a much greater increase in the total number than that of 1987. In 1987, it was observed that there was only about 300 number of private vehicles owned per million of people.